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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Federal judge blocks Labor Department from enforcing key part of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. Department of Labor from requiring government contractors and grant recipients to certify they do not operate any diversity, equity and inclusion programs that run afoul of anti-discrimination laws until further order
 
Jocelyn Samuels speaks in Seattle, Feb. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Ex-EEOC commissioner fired by Trump files lawsuit demanding reinstatement
A former Democratic commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging her dismissal by President Donald Trump, arguing her removal was a violation of the Civil Rights Act that created the agency to be an independent and bipartisan protector of the righ
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he travels from Las Vegas to Miami on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
EEOC chief shifts focus to investigating DEI but the methods provoke an outcry
The acting chief of the top federal agency for protecting worker rights has signaled a pivot toward prioritizing President Donald Trump’s campaign to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the private and public sectors.
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
A federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curbing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among federal contractors and grant recipients.
 
Karen Ortiz, an administrative judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, poses for photos, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Meet the federal worker who went rogue: ‘I hope that it lights a fire under people’
To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats. But to some of her colleagues, she is giving a voice to those who feel they can’t speak out.
 
ACLU moves to take up gender identity lawsuit that EEOC is abandoning following Trump’s order
The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to represent two restaurant workers in a gender identity discrimination lawsuit after a U.S. agency that enforces civil rights laws filed to drop the case to comply with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order targeting transgender people.
 
The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is shown on a podium in Vail, Colorado, Feb. 16, 2016, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Lawsuit filed by 17 states against abortion accommodations in the workplace can proceed
A lawsuit filed by 17 states challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions may proceed, a federal appeals court ruled.
 
A protester is silhouetted against a trans pride flag during a pro-transgender rights protest outside of Seattle Children's Hospital, in Seattle, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
EEOC seeks to drop transgender discrimination cases, citing Trump’s executive order
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender identity discrimination, arguing that the cases now conflict with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he travels from Las Vegas to Miami on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump fires two Democratic commissioners of agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace
President Donald Trump has fired two of the three Democratic commissioners of the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace, an unprecedented move aimed at implementing his crackdown on certain diversity and gender rights policies.
 
TiAnna Yeldell, a 44-year-old single mom of three, works in the kitchen at Pizza Hut, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Missouri City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Fast food is a staple of American culture, but some of its workers struggle to survive
About two-thirds of fast food and counter workers in the U.S. are women, many supporting their families on those wages.
 
A girl is seen in between "ERA NOW" signs as people hold a rally in front of the National Archives to highlight President Joe Biden's decision to declare the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified
President Joe Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution. It’s unclear if Biden’s statement will have any impact.
 
A display of clothes is organized at a retail store on Nov. 25, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Work-life balance isn’t working for women. Why?
About half of working women reported feeling stressed “a lot of the day,” compared to about 4 in 10 men, according to a Gallup report published Wednesday.
 
FILE - Dallas Wings' Natasha Howard handles the ball as she works against the Indiana Fever in a WNBA basketball game on Sept. 1, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
WNBA corporate sponsorship deals are growing. But not every athlete is getting their due
The WNBA has wrapped up a historic season that notched all-time viewership and attendance records while racking up brand deals and corporate sponsorships for its players along the way.
 
FILE - Lacey Chabert poses for a portrait to promote the Hallmark television series "Celebrations with Lacey Chabert" during the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Hallmark exec sought to replace ‘old talent,’ lawsuit alleges, naming actors like Lacey Chabert
Hallmark Media executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly instructed a former employee not to cast “old people” for Hallmark roles, saying that “our leading ladies are aging out,” according to a lawsuit filed against the network this month and obtained by The Associated Press.
 
Ingrid Vaca poses for a photograph in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
What’s behind the widening gender wage gap in the US?
The first widening of the gender wage in 20 years is the latest indication that many women have paid a price for leaving the workforce at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, either because they lost their jobs or because they quit because of caretaking responsibilities.
 
Keturah Johnson, international vice president for flight attendant union AFA-CWA, poses by a decades old, outdated poster with rules and uniforms for flight attendants, at her headquarters office, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
More Black and Latina women are leading unions — and transforming how they work
Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries, and particularly for women of color.
 
Lily Smith, 8, watches a pregame show before her first-ever WNBA basketball game Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Chicago. WNBA re-entered the Barbie world with Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky hosting the first-ever game themed after the doll. Lily says she likes playing with Barbies, and Barbie Night makes her feel more excited about basketball. (AP Photo/Claire Savage)
Every night is girls’ night as WNBA enters Barbie world with Chicago hosting theme night
Chicago Sky celebrate Barbie night with pink towels were draped across the back of the seats at the arena and songs from the “Barbie” movie played during breaks.
 
FILE - Cashier Rosa Dilone helps customers at Mi Tierra Supermarket in Hazleton, Pa., on May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo, File)
U.S. Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the GDP, about as much as Florida’s economy, report finds
Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2021, up from $661 billion in 2010 and at a growth rate nearly triple that of non-Latinos during the same time period, according to a new report funded by Bank of America and conducted by professors at California Lutheran Univer
 
Kimberly Cheatle, Director, U.S. Secret Service, testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump, on Capitol Hill, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Conservatives use shooting at Trump rally to attack DEI efforts at Secret Service
Several Republican lawmakers seized on gender and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the Secret Service as among the reasons for security lapses during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
 
FILE - Two John Deere on board module cotton strippers, owned and operated by DVB Harvesting, work their way through a field of cotton on Aug. 21, 2020, in Winterhaven, Ariz. John Deere says it will no longer sponsor "social or cultural awareness" events as the agricultural machinery manufacturer becomes one of the latest companies to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP, File)
John Deere ends support of ‘social or cultural awareness’ events, distances from inclusion efforts
Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events, making the agricultural machinery manufacturer one of the latest U.S. companies to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures after being targeted by conservative backlash.
 
Jessica Calarco, center, poses with her daughter, Layla Calarco, and mother, Anne McCrory, in this undated photo provided by Jessica Calarco. Calarco is holding a copy of her book, "Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net." (Jessica Calarco via AP)
Q&A: Jessica Calarco on ‘how women became America’s safety net’
Compared with its economic peers, the United States lacks social safety net programs like sick time, vacation time and health care.
 
June Meissner poses for a photo at the Boise Public Library in Boise, Idaho on Thursday, June 6, 2024. Meissner, a transgender woman and librarian, blocked a punch from a man yelling slurs while working at the library. (AP Photo/Kyle Green)
LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves
Worldwide Pride Month events are underway but they are coming at a time when many people who identify as LGBTQ+ say they are facing increasing difficulties at work, ranging from being repeatedly misgendered to physically assaulted.
 
FILE - The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is shown on a podium in Vail, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Denver. A federal judge on Monday, June 17, 2024, granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other workplace accommodations for abortions. The lawsuits challenge the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's regulations stating that 2022 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act covers abortion. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Judge rules that federal agency can’t enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi
A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other accommodations for abortions.
 
FILE - An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood on March 10, 2023. A lawsuit filed by 17 states challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday, June 14, 2024 (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging federal rules to accommodate abortions for workers
A lawsuit challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday.
 
Claudia Saenz, left, and Diana Carolina Guillen hug and cry during a sexual harassment prevention class for nannies and housekeepers on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Nannies, housekeepers, and home care workers are excluded from many federal workplace protections in the United States, and the private, home-based nature of the work means abuse tends to happen behind closed doors. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Labor laws largely exclude nannies. Some are banding together to protect themselves
Nannies, housekeepers, and home care workers are excluded from many federal workplace protections in the United States, and the private, home-based nature of the work means abuse tends to happen behind closed doors.
 
Carrie Martin-Haley holds her son outside their home Friday, May 10, 2024, in Greenwood Village, Colo. Colorado's paid family and medical leave benefits kicked in on Jan. 1, too late for Martin-Haley, a small business owner in Denver who gave birth to her son in September 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother’s Day - but most still don’t
More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother’s Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns.
 
FILE - The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is shown on a podium in Vail, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Denver. Pregnant workers have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The regulations take an expansive view of conditions related to pregnancy, from fertility treatments to abortion and post-childbirth complications. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Morning sickness? Prenatal check-ups? What to know about new rights for pregnant workers
Pregnant workers have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
 
FILE - An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood on March 10, 2023, in Fairview Heights, Ill. Workers are entitled to workplace accommodations for abortions and some pregnancy-related conditions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, according to federal regulations published Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
New rules for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act include divisive accommodations for abortion
Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, according to finalized federal regulations published Monday.
 
Fashion model Alexsandrah poses with a computer showing an AI generated image of her, in London, Friday, March 29, 2024. The use of computer-generated supermodels has complicated implications for diversity. Although AI modeling agencies -- some of them Black-owned -- can render models of all races, genders and sizes at the click of a finger, real models of color who have historically faced higher barriers to entry may be put out of work. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
AI-generated models could bring more diversity to the fashion industry — or leave it with less
AI fashion modeling is on the rise but its use has complicated implications for diversity. AI models significantly reduce a company’s labor costs.
 
Chantel Adams, a senior marketing executive, sits in her home office Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Durham, N.C. Adams says she isn’t surprised that the gender pay gap persists even among men and women with the same level and quality of education, or that the gap is wider for Black and Hispanic women. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
Equal education, unequal pay: Why is there still a gender pay gap in 2024?
Not even education can close the pay gap that persists between women and men, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report.
 
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